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Scholarship Details

 Provider Name:  University of Southern Queensland

 Scholarship Name:  Felicity Purcell Nursing Bursary

 Description:  Each year, USQ will offer the Felicity Purcell Nursing Bursary to an undergraduate student commencing or continuing study in a Bachelor of Nursing at the USQ Toowoomba or Fraser Coast campuses. Felicity Purcell was a nursing student at USQ, graduating with a Bachelor of Nursing in 1994. This bursary promotes the best traditions of nursing’s ethos of care for others, as embodied by Felicity Purcell. Specifically, it provides financial assistance to a nursing student who, like Felicity, comes from a rural or remote background.

 Study Level:  Bachelor Degree (Pass)

 Study Fields:  Nursing

 Subjects:  Nursing

 Support Type:  Equity Scholarship

 Offer Frequency:  Annual

 Annual Amount:  $2,500

 Annual Comment:  The bursary provides a one-off payment of $2,500 to assist with costs associated in attending a rural and remote clinical placement and other study costs.

 Length:  1 year(s)

 Gender:  Co-Ed

 Eligibility:  Applicants must: be Australian citizens or permanent residents; be from a rural area within Queensland; be commencing or continuing their studies in a Bachelor of Nursing in Semester 1; be enrolled on-campus at Toowoomba or Fraser Coast; and be enrolled in a minimum of 3 study units in each of Semester 1 and Semester 2.

 Target Group:  Educational disadvantage, Rural and isolated area resident

 Study Location:  Australia – QLD: Darling Downs/South-West Queensland QLD: Wide Bay

 Closing Date:  End October

 Number Per Year:  1

 Scholarship Website:  http://www.usq.edu.au/scholarships (opens in new window)

 Contact Title:  General Scholarship Enquiries

 Contact Phone:  61 1800 269500

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 Provider Name:  University of Southern Queensland

 Provider Phone:  61 7 46312100

 Provider Website:  http://www.usq.edu.au (opens in new window)